Writing and Producing for Children and Young Audiences
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This book offers a comprehensive analysis of the writing and production strategies used in live-action fiction film and television produced for children and young audiences, in a period marked by remarkable change in screen consumption. Building on ideas and research from the fields of screenwriting, production, and media industry studies, the book uses case studies of Danish film and television productions targeting children - from toddlers to teenagers - to explore general challenges for reaching young audiences in the multiplatform mediascape, as well as to identify specific screenwriting practices and production frameworks. The study investigates industry notions of children and adolescents as a particular audience, exploring new methods of grounding productions for them through more inquiry-driven and co-creative writing and production practices, combined with new forms of knowledge-sharing and talent-training initiatives.
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Screenwriting Research Book Award Winner 2025
"This book stands out as a unique and timely contribution, offering the first comprehensive, empirically grounded study of Danish media for audiences from toddlers to teenagers. Redvall effectively uses her 'screen idea system' framework to analyze this often-overlooked sector. This work provides valuable global lessons, bridging theoretical frameworks with practical industry knowledge that resonates far beyond a single nation." (Screenwriting Research Network, SRN Newsletter, September, 2025)
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Eva Novrup Redvall is Associate Professor at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, where she is Head of the Section for Film Studies and Creative Media Industries. Her research focuses on screenwriting and production, and she has published widely on this since her monograph Writing and Producing Television Drama in Denmark: From The Kingdom to The Killing . This book builds on findings from the research project Reaching Young Audiences, funded by Independent Research Fund Denmark and headed by Redvall from 2019-2024.
Content
Part I: Entering the Caste.- Chapter 1: Introduction.-Chapter 2: Representations and Discursive Formations of Caste: A Theoretical Framework.- Chapter 3: Contesting Voices of Gandhi and Ambedkar in Dalit Representations: Mulk Raj Anand's Untouchable and Amitabh's"Harijan Mastar".- Chapter 4: Discourse of Sympathy, Violence, and Victimhood - I: Rohinton Discourse of Sympathy, Violence, and Victimhood - I: Rohinton.- Chapter 5: Discourse of Sympathy, Violence, and Victimhood - I: Rohinton Roy's The God of Small Things and Laxman Mane's Upara.- Part III: Accentuating Caste Prejudices: Pejorative Discourse.- Chapter 6: Discourse of Difference and Merit: Manu Joseph's Serious Men and Discourse of Difference and Merit: Amitabh's "Janmakhoon!".- Chapter 7: Re-writing Violence and Victimhood: Aravind Adiga's The White Tiger and Meena Kandasamy's The Gypsy Goddess.- Part IV: Comparing Representational Paradigms Chapter 8: Conclusion.